Actions Speak

Actions Speak There once was a boy who loved eating sweets. He always asked for sweets from his father. His father was a poor man. He could not always afford sweets for his son. But the little boy did not understand this, and demanded sweets all the time. The boy’s father thought hard about how to stop the child asking for so many sweets. There was a very holy man living nearby at that time. The boy’s father had an idea. He decided to take the boy to the great man who might be able to persuade the child to stop asking for sweets all the time. The boy and his father went along to the great man. The father said to him,"could you ask my son to stop asking for sweets which I cannot afford?” The great man was in difficulty, because he liked sweets himself. How could he ask the boy to give up asking for sweets? The holy man told the father to bring his son back after one month. During that month, the holy man gave up eating sweets, and when the boy and his father returned after a month, the holy man said to the boy “My dear child, will you stop asking for sweets which your father cannot afford to give you?” From then on, the boy stopped asking for sweets. The boy’s father asked the holy man, “Why did you not ask my son to give up asking for sweets when we came to you a month ago?” The man replied, “How could I ask a boy to give up sweets when I loved sweets myself. In the last month I gave up eating sweets.” A person’s example is much more powerful than just his words. When we ask someone to do something, we must do it ourselves also. We should not ask others to do what we do not do ourselves.   My Message The lesson in this story is very straight forward... Always make sure that your actions and your words are the same. No one likes a hypocrite and in a world where we need more leaders than ever before this is the most important lesson to remember. If your words are inspiring and strong but your actions are weak, no one will ever take you for real. It is proven that the most influential and successful leaders that have lived made tremendous effort in making their actions and words the same, exactly equal. There will also be times when people may not necessarily hear your words, but they are certainly going to observe your actions. This is commonly seen with children observing their parents. Don’t ever underestimate the power of your actions, when they speak louder than your words you are doing more than just inspiring, you are displaying truth and honesty. This is because Your true values and your true beliefs are expressed only through your actions. It is not about what you say or what you want to do, rather it's the actions that you take, every day! Have an awesome week. Darren Zwiers The Quote: "Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned."  ~ Peter Marshall